# Ind. Code § 35-42-4-8: Sexual battery

> Indiana · Statutes · In force

URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-8

## Section

- **Citation:** Ind. Code § 35-42-4-8
- **Heading:** Sexual battery
- **Jurisdiction:** Indiana
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** Indiana Code / Title 35 / Article 42 / Chapter 4 / Section 35-42-4-8

## Text

Sec. 8. (a) A person who, with intent to arouse or satisfy the person's own sexual desires or the sexual desires of another person:

(1) touches another person when that person is:

(A) compelled to submit to the touching by force or the imminent threat of force; or

(B) so mentally disabled or deficient that consent to the touching cannot be given; or

(2) touches another person's genitals, pubic area, buttocks, or female breast when that person is unaware that the touching is occurring;

commits sexual battery, a Level 6 felony.

(b) An offense described in subsection (a) is a Level 4 felony if:

(1) it is committed by using or threatening the use of deadly force;

(2) it is committed while armed with a deadly weapon; or

(3) the commission of the offense is facilitated by furnishing the victim, without the victim's knowledge, with a drug (as defined in IC 16-42-19-2(1)) or a controlled substance (as defined in IC 35-48-1.1-7) or knowing that the victim was furnished with the drug or controlled substance without the victim's knowledge.

As added by P.L.322-1987, SEC.2. Amended by P.L.31-1998, SEC.7; P.L.72-2012, SEC.4; P.L.158-2013, SEC.444; P.L.186-2025, SEC.237.

## Nearby sections

- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-0.1 Repealed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-0.1.md)
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- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-2 Repealed](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-2.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-3 Child molesting](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-3.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-4 Child exploitation; exemptions; defenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-4.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-4.5 Possession of child sexual abuse material; exemptions; defenses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-4.5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-5 Vicarious sexual gratification; sexual conduct in presence of a minor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-5.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-6 Child solicitation](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-6.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-7 Child seduction](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-7.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-8 Sexual battery](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-8.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-9 Sexual misconduct with a minor](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-9.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-10 Unlawful employment by a sexual predator](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-10.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-11 Sex offender residency restrictions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-11.md)
- [Ind. Code § 35-42-4-12 Sex offender Internet offense](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_IN_T35_A42_C4_S35-42-4-12.md)

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